Seed-sower



(Mdel.) T. PARKS.

` SEED lsoWFR. r No.,2 5.2',398. 'Patented Jam 17,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEoDoRE PARKS, OEFREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEED-SOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 252,398, dated January 17,. 188.2. Application led MayllplSB'l. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'THEoDoRE. PARKS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freedom, inthe county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new Seed-Sow# er, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new seed-sower, which is operated by two persons.

The object of myinvention is, first, to provide a machine that is substantial, light, and easy to carry; second, that will sow on hilly and uneven ground; third, that is easy to lill and empty and cannot upset and spill the seed.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view of the entire machine.

Fig. 2 is a view of the'under side, showingthe seed is l'ed into the pipe from the sackathrough an opening near one end, which is connected with the sackby a short verticaltube, h.. The surplus seed, when it reaches the end ot the pipe, is forced up into sack b, which sack, when iilled, can be emptied by reversing the motion.

The manner of iilling and operating is as follows: One person places the loop g of the l shakes the4 pipe until it is full.

sack over the head, with the other end of the machine resting on the ground, fills sack a., and The second person puts on the loop g of sack b and they are ready for'work. When one through has been sowed move theflength of the sower face about, the tirst person going back in the tracks made by the second person in the first through.

With this machine twol persons can sow forty or fifty acres per day evenly, regardless of weather, thus avoiding those unsightly spots which can be seen in half our meadows.

lThe machine is regulated to put on au average quantity or" seed by giving the crank one .turn for every other step. By stepping .shorter more seed can be put ou; or it can be turned once for every step, thus Initting on a double quantity of seed.

Theadvantages of this machine are that it .will feed continuously, thus avoiding the de.'

lay and liabilityto spill the seed in stopping to till the boxes, (found in other long machines,) as the sack can be filled with out removing, and it will sow evenly on hilly ground without the trouble of carrying the machine level,and canbe made light, cheap, and durable.

The pipe canl be made of wood, iron, or tin; the spiral shaft of iron. A pipel one inch in diameterfis large enough for a `grass-seed sower sixteen feet long.

The weight of the entire machine does not exceed ve pounds.

I am aware that prior to my invention there have been long seed-sowers operated by one 

